A new paper on Deadwood fungal diversity out today, lead author @vincentbuness.bsky.social. We show that deadwood quantity, quality, and forest harvesting control deadwood fungal diversity. Old unmanaged forests are very important reservoirs for fungal diversity, especially red listed taxa.

Very nice that KAW shared this, and provided support for the study.

I am really excited to share our new paper, published today in Nature. We show that rising atmospheric CO2 is linked to decling nutrient availability in boreal forest, with implications for the future carbon sink. Kudos to lead author @kelleyrbassett.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Some serious work happening here at the Forest Vegetation Ecology Lab 🌳 🌳 🌳

As someone who grew up in the Twin Cities, I truly love seeing 10’s of thousands of Minnesotans out in -20C weather protesting fascism. So proud of Minnesota.

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

genuinely stunning image

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Please spread widely!!! The whole world needs to see this, especially communities in the USA. iceout.org

New paper alert: Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth System Models. Outstanding work by lead author Sian Kou-Giesbrecht 👇👇👇👇👇👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Great paper Eliska!

New paper alert!!! From my FORMAS project, we estimate the surface albedo along a wildfire and forest management chronosequence. These disturbance types have a very effect on albedo development through time. Hats off to lead author Eirik Naesset Ramtvedt. 👇👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This looks like a great opportunity in a great location!

Happy to share a new manuscript, led by Theresa Ibanez: Wildfire, salvage logging and warming: Their interactive effects on boreal conifer reforestation - Ibáñez - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library 👇👇👇 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Meta‐Regression of 18 Wildfire Chronosequences Reveals Key Environmental Drivers and Knowledge Gaps in the Boreal Nitrogen Balance 🔗 buff.ly/IgjGnD0 @stefhupperts.bsky.social @michael-gundale.bsky.social

Looks like a great opportunity in a great location.

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: Come work with us in the Harvey Lab at Univ. of Washington (depts.washington.edu/bjhlab/)! We're hiring a postdoc in Forest Disturbance and Landscape Ecology. Full details here: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position... Application review starts Aug 31

Denali National Park!

Field work is underway in Interior Alaska! It is a tough job being an aspen in Alaska. If you escape the moose, then you have to deal with these leaf miners.

A great paper here by @stefhupperts.bsky.social. This opens the door to new research on other sources of N fixation in boreal forests👇 dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

I'm so excited to share our new paper in Global Change Biology: A network of 18 wildfire chronosequences reveals key environmental drivers and knowledge gaps in the boreal nitrogen balance, with @michael-gundale.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Out today in Nature! We estimated a new global rate of N2-fixation, yielding new relationships between N2-fixation and NPP and ET. Great leadership by Carla Reis and Steve Perakis. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 The @paqlab.bsky.social is recruiting a PhD (or MSc), and you don't want to miss that - best place ever to do you PhD! 😉 To work in IDENT, a network of experiments of the effects of diversity on forest functioning. Foreign student? It's gotten harder 😞 but we can help. paqlab.uqam.ca

Musk versus Trump youtu.be/rFeVfwDvTyM

Look like a great job opportunity in a very nice city and country.

Really excited to share the first data-based manuscript from our FORMAS funded project within the special call “The role of Swedish forests in the climate transition.” Here we focus on vegetation diversity, with excellent lead authorship by Vincent Buness.

Very informative chart from Washington Post

What types of tree species achieve the highest growth? We show, surprisingly, that tree species with conservative traits very often outperform acquisitive species, except in the most productive habitats. Excellent project lead by Laurent Augusto and Marie Charru. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just waiting for a fish to bite.

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

New paper alert. We compared foliar fungal communities in native and introduced populations for a pine species (Spoiler alert: fewer pathogens in exotic populations). Shout out to an excellent international network of collaborators. 👇👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.

We are hiring! We have a vacancy for a 2-year postdoc in our department @niooknaw.bsky.social to work on plant and soil community dynamics in long-term experiments in natural grasslands. More info can be found here: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies.... Please spread the word!

Job alert: Research ecologist at University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

James Cook University has advertised a position for an Associate Professor of Ecosystem Processes Research. Please find full details here: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/associa...

Please share! Two excellent post doc opportunities in Forest Ecology in northern Sweden with my colleague David Wardle. 👇 eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

If you are interested in Biochar, check out our chapter on nutrient transformations, which ä is now open access: 👇👇👇👇 www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

Best wishes for 2025!! 🎊 I'm starting the year by reposting this exciting PhD position. We're still accepting applications until 17 February. Apply now or share with someone who might be interested! 🌲🌈🌡

New paper alert. We look at above and below ground trait coordination for twelve boreal tree species, led by Clydecia Spitzer. Check it out 👇

Check out our new paper where we zoom in to the boreal forests to investigate aboveground and belowground trait coordination across a large number of species. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy New Year! For new Forest Ecologists here: A while ago I put together a Forest Ecology Starter Pack👇 to help build a network of forest 🌲🌳🌴 ecology researchers. The list is now full but you can use it to “seed” your own network: follow folks, get followed, re-post, enjoy! 🌎🧪🌐 go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy

Happy Solstice! That is the sun at its max height today in Umeå, Sweden.

There is excellent forest research in Finland. This looks like a great opportunity.

Please share. I am recruiting a PhD position on soil carbon dynamics in boreal forests in the context of management and disturbance👇 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...